Marine Research is a professional and academic journal. Each manuscript will be single-blind reviewed by at least two specialties or scholars, and the suggested manuscript will be also re-reviewed by the editorial board.
- The editorial board of Marine Research is a regular organization. Editorial board members are invited and assigned by editor-in-chief.
- Two reviewers are recommended by editor-in-chief or members of editorial board for reviewing each manuscript.
- The review comments are divided into four levels: (A) accept, (B) minor changes, (C) major changes and re-review, and (D) reject. Basic decisions making from two reviewers’ comments are shown in the following table:
Table 1. Basic decision making from two reviewers' comments
Reviewer No.1 Reviewer No.2 | A | B | C | D |
A | Accept | Accept | Re-review | The third reviewer |
B | Accept | Accept | Re-review | Reject |
C | Re-review | Re-review | Reject | Reject |
D | The third reviewer | Reject | Reject | Reject |